About Me

Mom to six great kids, Boo is 11, Robby 14 years, Ace is 15, Miss Busy is 18 and got married in October, Chels is 20 and Gadget-Boy,(who lives in Texas with his bride and my adorable grand daughter.)
Married to my best friend, Bear for nearly 31 years.
(I don't use real names for OpSec reasons.) So if you know my family personally, please refrain from using their real names in any comments you may post.
I'm into quilting, scrapbooking, preserving history, writing in my journal, cross stitch, sewing for my kids when I have the time, cooking, canning, freezing and otherwise "putting up" everything I can get my hands on in the summer so we can eat good in the winter.

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Friday, October 17, 2008

Another Quilt Project

This quilt was commissioned by a friend of my husband’s. We were in the army together at Fort Leavenworth, KS back in 1993.

Ann and Paul, well, mostly Paul, wanted a red, white and blue bedroom and he asked me to make him a quilt for their bed. He and I picked out the design and shopped for fabric. I was very excited about this project because red white and blue is a favorite theme of mine. I can’t remember exactly how long it took me to make it, but I only had one child at the time and we had a small apartment off post and only one car. So what is a stay at home mom to do all day with only so many carpets to vacuum and nowhere to go? She would make a quilt.

We discussed a price, but then, while we were visiting their home, we discovered that they had once owned an antique store, (very small, from their home) and were looking to get rid of a few pieces. I discovered, under a pile of boxes, a Singer treadle sewing machine with a gold leaf sphinx on the front. It was beautiful! I told Paul that I wanted the treadle machine in trade for the quilt and he agreed.He borrowed a few quilting books because he wanted to learn quilting, then he and Ann were stationed in Germany and I never saw them again. I lost my quilting books and I wish I could have kept the quilt too. I can always make another one for myself, but I did get a beautiful antique machine, (which really works, by the way) out of the deal. I still think I got the better end of the bargain.

I’ll post a picture of the sewing machine and cabinet later, it’s, um, buried under some stuff right now.

UFO's in 2010

This is my list of Un-Finished Objects to complete this year. I won't say that I'm not starting anything else until this is done, because I'm just not that kind of girl. I need someting new to keep me interested. I work on lots of things at a time, sometimes I'm appliqueing, hand quilting, piecing, machine quilting, sewing non-quilt projects. So this will (hopefully) keep me on track.

Zeller Pinwheel Quilt

Thanksgiving Turkey wall-hanging

Christmas Cookie Nativity Calendar

Butterfly wallhanging

Red, green, crazy "Quilt as you go" throw

Beary Wonky Cabins for Robby

Jewels of Kansas Signature quilt

Christmas Quilt BOM

2009 Thimbleberries BOM

Army "Thimbleberries" BOM for Bear

Marine "Thimbleberries" BOM

Double Knit Poly "snuggle" quilt for Ace

Double Knit Poly "snuggle" quilt for Chels

Brother Memorial Quilt

I'll check them off as I complete them. This will help keep me accountable.